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help!!!!!!!!!!!! front drivers brakes locking up!!!!!!

Old Mar 27, 2006 | 09:06 PM
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Default help!!!!!!!!!!!! front drivers brakes locking up!!!!!!

i have a 89 dodge b150. after driving for more than a few min, the front driver brake locks up. i have been told it can be a few different things, possibly the hoses are clogged or the caliber could be bad or maybe a return spring or somthing of the sort. if anyone had any tips or information it would be greatly appreciated
 
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 09:17 AM
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Default RE: help!!!!!!!!!!!! front drivers brakes locking up!!!!!!

If it's just that one barke then a clogged/ colapsing hose would be a good place to start, the caliper could also be a likey cause. with the year of the truck this would be the likely place that i would start the search. A word of advice if you replace one caliper the replace them both.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 08:00 PM
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sometimes just pulling the brakes and reseating the calipers, using a large c clamp, and then putting them back together might clear your problem. I had a truck where there was a large ring (rust, maybe ) on one of the calipers, that caused them to lock up I took them apart, lightly very lightly stepped on the brakes to expand the caliper used steel wool and cleaned them up. they worked fine afterwards.
 
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